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NewsMorrisons boss refuses to rule out more job cuts
Baitiéh said Morrisons had already saved £600m in cost savings and productivity in the past two years, but said that process was now being expanded
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NewsAF Blakemore sales drop 4.6% after losing major supply deal with EG Group to Asda
AF Blakemore said positive actions on high-margin categories and cost control meant adjusted EBITDA increased by 52% from £19.3m to £29.4m
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NewsMedia Bites 29 January: Rachel Reeves speech, Diageo, WH Smith and Starbucks
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give a speech later this morning
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NewsAsda survey exposes divide in UK shopper spending power
Asda found more than 60% of UK households in its survey saw their disposable incomes fall going into 2025
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NewsAsda ends its Aldi and Lidl price match scheme
Asda has ended its Aldi and Lidl price match scheme, as it plans to launch a major new Rollback campaign of price cuts
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NewsHundreds of supermarkets forced to shut as Storm Éowyn ravages UK
Major supermarkets have closed swathes of stores across large parts of the country which are subject to a Met Office red weather warning
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NewsDavid Lepley returns to Asda in chief supply chain officer role as Leighton rebuild continues
Prior to joining Morrisons he spent 11 years at Asda, where he began stacking shelves at its Grantham store before rising to the position of VP online operations
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NewsAsda boss Allan Leighton to launch massive new Rollback price war
A major advertising campaign is being lined up by Asda to back the launch
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NewsAsda claims Walmart’s full support as IT extraction deadline and fines loom
When will Asda’s ‘Project Future’ – dubbed Europe’s largest systems implementation programme – complete?
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NewsMedia bites 20 January: Lord Rose vs WFH, Asda IT woes, angry publicans
All the retail news from Monday 20 January
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Grocer 33Asda is cheapest as retailers roll out the promotions
The Leeds-based grocer, which announced a major leadership shake-up this week, was £1.34 cheaper than runner-up Tesco
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NewsMcKeon returns as Allan Leighton announces Asda management revamp
The supermarket said it was bolstering the food team with former Accolade Wines boss Ade McKeon rejoining Asda as vice president for ambient
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NewsAsda axes regional manager roles as streamlining programme continues
Asda sent a memo to staff last week confirming that the move would mean its store estate would be managed by 22 rather than 30 sub-regions
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NewsAsda donates million meals in winter fruit & veg pledge to FareShare
The donation will support FareShare’s nationwide network of charities, including afterschool and breakfast clubs, homelessness shelters, and older people’s lunch clubs
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NewsFuel10k launches Multigrain Hoops protein cereal duo into Asda
The innovations are positioned to appeal to younger shoppers looking for ‘tasty, healthier breakfast’
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NewsMedia Bites 8 January: Asda woes, Ocado and M&S buzz, inflation and McDonald’s
The newspapers are chiefly concerned with the supermarkets festive performance
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NewsThe Gym Kitchen expands chilled ready meal and food-to-go range
The innovations have rolled into Asda and Tesco, backed by a marketing push
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NewsIceland joins January price war with ‘largest ever’ Mega Deals event
The highlight of the Mega Deals event sees the return of Iceland’s 10 for £10 multibuy promotion, as well as the ramping up of products in its £1 or Less value range
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Comment & OpinionIs Asda firing blanks in its latest price war campaign?
Asda has come out all guns blazing in a new supermarket price war to mark the start of 2025. But does it have the ammunition needed, or is it firing blanks?
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NewsAsda and Morrisons kick off 2025 with price war
The Big Jan Price Drop will see reductions of an average of 26% on products including in-store and online